Richard R. Brettell (1949–2020)
Author of A Day in the Country: Impression and the French Landscape (cat. exp.)
About the Author
Richard Brettell is Professor of Aesthetic Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Works by Richard R. Brettell
Gauguin : [cat. exp., Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 10 Jan- 24 April 1989; National Gallery of… (1988) 162 copies
From the Private Collections of Texas: European Art, Ancient to Modern (Kimbell Art Museum) (2009) 15 copies
Camille Pissarro in the Caribbean, 1850-1855 : drawings from the collection at Olana (1996) 11 copies
The Robert Lehman Collection, Volume 9: Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century European Drawings (2002) 9 copies
Camille Pissarro. Exhibition catalogue, Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, 9 March - 9 April 1984; Fukuoka, Fukuoka Art… (1984) 4 copies
Impressionist Paintings Drawings and Sculpture: From the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection (1995) 3 copies
Monet to Matisse: The Triumph of Impressionism and the Avant Garde- The Howard D. and Babette L. Sirak Collection at… (2004) 2 copies
Watteau and Chardin 1 copy
Spanish School of Painting 1 copy
The Nabis 1 copy
“La Fin” 1 copy
20th-Century Art I and II 1 copy
European Painting I-IV 1 copy
Drawing and Prints 1 copy
Photographs 1 copy
European Decorative Arts 1 copy
European Sculpture 1 copy
The Ancient New World 1 copy
Costumes and Textiles 1 copy
American Art I and II 1 copy
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1 copy
Napoleon III's Paris 1 copy
The Final Exhibition 1 copy
Ancient Egyptian Art 1 copy
The Making of the Museum 1 copy
Asian Art 1 copy
Pissarro et la Ville 1 copy
The Realist and the Idealist 1 copy
Paul Gauguin 1 copy
Berthe Morisot 1 copy
Deprtures 1 copy
Manet's Later Works 1 copy
Mary Cassatt 1 copy
Gustave Caillebotte 1 copy
Edgar Degas 1 copy
The Third Exhibition 1 copy
The First Exhibition 1 copy
Paris under Siege 1 copy
The Painters of Modern Life 1 copy
Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1 copy
The Shock of the New 1 copy
Paintings by John Alexander 1 copy
Associated Works
Pissarro : CaixaForum, Barcelona. Del 15 d'octubre de 2013 al 26 de gener de 2014 (2013) — Contributor — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Brettell, Richard Robson
- Other names
- Brettell, Rick
- Birthdate
- 1949-01-17
- Date of death
- 2020-07-24
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Rochester, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Dallas, Texas, USA
- Cause of death
- prostate cancer
- Education
- Yale University (B.A.|1971|M.A.|1973|Ph.D|1977)
- Occupations
- art historian
university professor
art curator - Organizations
- University of Texas at Dallas
Art Institute of Chicago
Dallas Museum of Art
McKinney Avenue Contemporary
French Regional and American Museum Exchange - Awards and honors
- Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Statistics
- Works
- 110
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 1,582
- Popularity
- #16,314
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 9
- ISBNs
- 76
- Languages
- 3
Each work is also accompanied by a rather erudite essay which gives some background to the piece and also to the artist and sometimes to the way in which it was acquired by Nathan Cummings. These essays are really quite masterful. I guess the text was supplied by Richard R Brettell, who is listed as the consulting curator for the Sara Lee Collection.
The Sarah Lee corporation made a millennium gift of these art works to a number of significant museums around the world ....truly a magnanimous gesture because they are all works of considerable significance...despite the fact that Nathan was supposed to have just bought what he liked..
An interesting and beautifully illustrated book. I'm tossing up whether to keep it (with my limited shelf space) or donate it to Charity. I give it 4.5 stars.… (more)